NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/hardware/19346

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From: [e-mail] (Dana B Bourgeois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: amiga 1200 specs - fr
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 19:41:45 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail].c
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 >>(Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:

  >>Reality check please!!!
Then David Watters replies:
>I think it is painfully clear that Commodore, and any other computer
>manufacturer could gain a few things by looking at the insides of a
>Sun IPX.
>--
>David R. Watters ([e-mail])    Cranel Inc. Development & Engineering
>Voice: [phone]      Callsign:            510F E Wilson Bridge Rd
>FAX:   [phone]        "The Weasel!"      Worthington, Ohio 43085

I have to echo Peter above:

    Reality check please!!!!

The SUN IPX sells for twice (2 times) the price of the A4000.  You get a lot
of engineering done when you double the price.  And the SBus development
has already been done for the SUN.  It is designed for little bitty cards that
can be crammed into the pizza box.  Not so for the A4000.  I t was designed
to accept the larger but less expensive Zorro III cards.  Most Amiga cards
are priced under $1000 but few SBus cards are.  You are comparing two kinds
of fruits here.  About all you can conclude is they could make a dandy salad.

Dana Bourgeois
[e-mail]